GT6135 - Ship's timber

Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)

Fragment of hull planking (scarf end; flat scarf). Wood poorly preserved and, due to acidity, exploded in many small pies. Scarf end is nailed onto the joining scarf end by two nails; one closest to tip has nail head concretion preserved. Both perpendicular to the planking's thickness (tip was nailed down, this indicates a bottom-based construction method; otherwise it would nailed into one of the underlying frames). Nails square in section. Planking surface: one bolt hole, round in section, and nail hole next to it, square in section. Exterior surfaces: sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern.